This Week in Noe Valley: First Hamlet Review, An Airbnb Superhost Shows His Digs & Thanksgiving Turkey Torture

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• A photo tour of Noe Valley Airbnb superhost Alex’s home [Apartment Therapy]
• The Christmas candy rush is on [@drroykim]
• Whole Foods tortures a neighbor on Elizabeth [@KristinHenry]
• Yep, this is happening [@anniefryman]
• An interview with Noe Valley resident and San Francisco Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Audrey Cooper [San Francisco Magazine]
• Just for Fun offers a big collection of Hannukah gear – including spring-loaded jumping dreidels (!) [JWeekly]
• First review of Hamlet, a relaxed Noe Valley addition [Eater]
• The Google (and Apple/Genentech/Facebook) commuter buses are here to stay [Wired]
• Found art: Pikachu [shabbacharge]

[Photo: Suddenly, the leaves are all falling via biocita]

This Week in Noe Valley: Shooter at St. Luke’s, The Wishing Tree Returns, and Why Don’t Tech Workers Vote?

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• ICYMI: Drewe’s is now E&J Fine Meats [Bay Area Bites]
• Tour of a 4.3 million home on Cesar Chavez that was $4.8 million [CA Home & Design]
• The first dinner menu at HamletSF [@sportyspicesf]
• The Wishing Tree is back [#wishingtreesf]
• Active shooter nabbed at St. Luke’s [SF Examiner]
• Why don’t SF tech workers vote? [SF Examiner]
• K9 Scrub Club is closed and here’s why [K9 Scrub Club]
• Biggest regret from 1991: 'We should've bought that house in Noe Valley for 350K' [@madhill]
• Photos of the new retail/home development on 24th St at Church [SF Gate]
• The Louise Brooks Society started with a VHS tape rented at Video Wave [HuffPo]
• Notorious crooks: The story of the Gray Brothers who made millions running strip quarries in Noe Valley and Corona Heights in the early 1900s [SF Examiner]
• Local author and data scientist Kristin Henry’s adult coloring books arrive at Folio [artatomic]

[Photo: Fall view from Noe Valley via breadandbuttertheatre]

This Week in Noe Valley: The Votes Are In, Wilkes Bashford Turns 50 - and a Noe Valley Sandwich?

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• A love letter to Contigo from Michael Bauer – and 2 ½ stars [SFGate]
• Noe Valley had one of the highest voter turnouts in this week’s election [SFGate]
• SF Open Studios artist fair is in Noe Valley this weekend [7x7]
• Billionaires in Noe Valley and this week’s election make the national news [NY Times]
• The dapper Wilkes Bashford lives in Noe Valley (and his iconic SF store is turning 50) [SF Magazine]
• The story of SF’s famously obscure aQuarius Records that used to be on 24th St. [The Bay Bridged]
• The Noe Valley Sandwich – does this sound tasty or bland? [Moonbeam Coffee on FB]
• One of the midwives at the Root is selling sourdough loaves on Thursdays [the midwife + the BAKER]
• An 80-year old water main breaks and leaves eight blocks around Valley St dry [SFGate]
• The link between Tindr, Grindr and Crispr? Noe Valley connection..? [@docfreeride]
• Hamlet is slated to open on Monday in the old Horner's Corner space [Hamlet SF]

[Photo: Sometimes San Francisco looks like this via rush4433]

NVV November 2015: We Read It So You Don't Have To

The Noe Valley Voice is published ten times a year and has been a neighborhood fixture since 1977. Here are notable highlights from the latest issue. Links are to stories we've covered here on NVSF or other resources. Follow the NVV link at the bottom for full articles and all the ads.

November  2015

Front Page: Noe Valley Town Square plans were revised [PDF here] to address neighbors' concerns about noise and safety after hours; Neighbors complain that James Lick construction work is too loud; Dolores Park renovation is still underway and should be done in January; Long-time Noe Valley residents Ramon Sender and Judith Levy-Sender run a speaker series called Odd Mondays at Folio Books.

Letters: No love for realtor drones from one Noe neighbor; Complaints about the one-sided coverage of Prop F and I; Key Kraft on Church St is temporarily closed while the owner gets it ready "for a new fellow who wants to open it up soon."

Features: The Google Buses in the neighborhood will face more regulation soon thanks in part to 296 complaints the SFMTA received from Noe Valley residents from Oct 2014 to June 2015, including nearly one quarter of which (!) came from a single Noe Valley resident; Chuck's on Church Street was held up at gunpoint on Oct 8 - the suspect is still at large; During construction of the Noe Valley Town Square, the Farmer's Market is proposing to relocate to 24th St. in front of the park site and traffic will be re-rerouted from 6:30AM to 2PM on Saturdays.

Cost of Living in Noe: Only seven single family homes changed hands in September and the most expensive was $2.7 million. Average rent: $2500-$4095 for a one bedroom.

Store Trek: Tone of Music Audio (1303 Castro at 24th St.)

Rumors and Tid Bits: La Bou is back - soon; Cradle of the Sun has moved to West Portal; TC Salon is open in the old Noe Valley Music space; There's nothing to report on Real Foods; St. Clair's is developing the retail spaces next door; The new luxury condos on 24th Street near Church are expected to list for $2.1 to $2.3 million and the developer hints that a tenant in the retail space downstairs is imminent; Lazeez is open next to Savor (same owner); La PanotiQ still hasn't started construction on the old Global Exchange space; Hahn's Hibachi renewed it's lease for 3 years; Tejido and Somi popped up the old Martin Mattox garage space; Bill Yenne will be speaking at Folio books on Nov 19 at 7pm; Charlie's Corner children's bookstore is now open on 24th at Castro.

[The Noe Valley Voice]